Programming

Content-aware image resizing in JavaScript (using Seam Carving algorithm) https://trekhleb.dev/blog/2021/content-aware-image-resizing-in-javascript/ https://redd.it/oquxvc @programmingreddit

You Really Shouldn't Roll Your Own Crypto: An Empirical Study of Vulnerabilities in Cryptographic Libraries: "37.2% of vulnerabilities are memory safety issues, indicating that systems-level bugs are a greater security concern than the actual cryptographic procedures." [abstract + link to PDF, 15pp] https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.04940 https://redd.it/or56tz @programmingreddit

Fluxsort: A branchless sorting algorithm 2.5 times faster than std:stable_sort https://github.com/scandum/fluxsort https://redd.it/oqvqbf @programmingreddit

Omission of a single '&' has caused Google to brick Chrome OS devices https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/google-pushed-a-one-character-typo-to-production-bricking-chrome-os-devices/ https://redd.it/oqtzf3 @programmingreddit

Why "learn to code" is bullshit advice for 99% of non-technical founders and professionals — and how to develop *technical intuition and fluency* instead, which will grow your career faster. https://sanpram.com/2021/05/25/ultimate-guide-to-software/ https://redd.it/oqpq95 @programmingreddit

5 Properties of an healthy Software Product https://dominikbraun.io/blog/5-properties-of-an-healthy-software-product https://redd.it/oq0you @programmingreddit

Confessions of a 0.8x Developer https://raddevon.com/articles/confessions-of-a-0-8x-developer/ https://redd.it/oq68pn @programmingreddit

Deepmind will release a database of almost every protein encoded by the human genome under CC-BY 4.0 license. https://alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/ https://redd.it/oq1z7m @programmingreddit

Simulating poor network connections so you can build better systems. https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast https://redd.it/oq2jqb @programmingreddit

Images are hard. https://css-tricks.com/images-are-hard/ https://redd.it/oplssb @programmingreddit

Gamasutra - The Microsoft Game Development Kit is now available for free on GitHub https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/385556/The_Microsoft_Game_Development_Kit_is_now_available_for_free_on_GitHub.php https://redd.it/opyags @programmingreddit

Migrating Facebook to MySQL 8.0 https://engineering.fb.com/2021/07/22/data-infrastructure/mysql/ https://redd.it/opjx9f @programmingreddit

The Case for Location-Independent Salaries https://www.revenuecat.com/blog/the-case-for-location-independent-salaries https://redd.it/opleiy @programmingreddit

Akamai Edge DNS is experiencing an outage https://edgedns.status.akamai.com/ https://redd.it/oph9hi @programmingreddit

Everyone cites that 'bugs are 100x more expensive to fix in production' research, but the study might not even exist https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/22/bugs_expense_bs/ https://redd.it/opi1z0 @programmingreddit

Bad management kills and developers can only compensate so much https://iism.org/article/the-case-for-statistical-chaos-control-in-software-40 https://redd.it/op7l63 @programmingreddit

Malicious NPM Package Steals Passwords via Chrome’s Account-Recovery Tool https://threatpost.com/npm-package-steals-chrome-passwords/168004/ https://redd.it/opb3d2 @programmingreddit

How Estonia's Management of Legacy IT Has Helped It Weather the Pandemic https://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/computing/it/estonia-manages-legacy-it https://redd.it/ooxfs7 @programmingreddit

"My Code is Self-Documenting" https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2017/jan/27/code-is-self-documenting/ https://redd.it/oow95t @programmingreddit

Reversing for dummies - x86 assembly and C code (Beginner/ADHD friendly) · 0x41.cf https://0x41.cf/reversing/2021/07/21/reversing-x86-and-c-code-for-beginners.html https://redd.it/op0slz @programmingreddit